Chapter 230 The High Lord’s Information

Chapter 230 The High Lord’s Information

After Fu Qinghai arrived at the spaceport, the first thing he had to do was to hand over one of the STC design blueprints to Mars, the giant mining excavator, in exchange for Mars' full support for the Phaeton Foundry World.

Phaeton needs technical talents. From the most basic craftsman to various professional acolytes: Silu Machine Monk, Message Machine Monk, Rune Machine Monk, and of course the famous Electric Monk.

Phaeton needs instruments and equipment. Various forges and workshops are needed, a cloning factory and a biochemical culture chamber are needed, a promethium refining factory and a promethium transit extractor are needed.

These are all provided by Mars.

Although there will still be a large number of disciples belonging to Master Quinto who will follow Fu Qinghai's fleet to the Phaeton Forge World, this number of manpower is far from enough compared to the Forge World that has been looted by the traitors.

Most STCs can be copied after being thoroughly studied by the oil guys. STCs discovered by archeology in a certain place can soon be promoted to many foundry worlds with production conditions. Mars, as the birthplace of the Mechanicum, has all the Most of the most complete STCs in the galaxy were discovered by Mars himself, and there are also many who paid tribute like Phaeton.

Since Fu Qinghai and Master Quinto need the assistance of Mars, they cannot try to monopolize themselves.

The data stack storing the design blueprints of the "Giant Mining Excavator" filled the entire engine room of the Thunderhawk gunship. Fu Qinghai personally escorted the precious design blueprints to Skhalax City - the Adeptus Mechanicus on Terra. of enclaves.

Although I did not meet the Foundry Commander himself, I received a promise from the Foundry Commander relayed by others:

Mars will fully support the development of Phaeton and send everything needed to this former frontier advance base.

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Jaghatai Khan also recently returned to Terra.

Fu Qinghai went to see him immediately.

But he was told that the Great Khan had entered the palace to attend the meeting.

Fu Qinghai missed the opportunity.

But he wasn't in a hurry.

On the Khan's flagship, he pestered Ilya Lavare all day long, pouring out his bitterness and telling how difficult it was for his Brotherhood of Gods and Machines to be in short supply.

However, Ilia Lavare brought another news to Fu Qinghai, news from Mars:

"Qingshan, on the way back to Terra, we received a certification document from Mars to the Legion. They recognized your excellent technical level and your firm belief in the God of All Machines. Your title was promoted to 'Forging Grandmaster'."

oh?

Fu Qinghai didn't expect such a thing to happen.

Forgemaster is the advanced title of the Techmarines, the best and leader among the Techmarines, the chief engineer and supreme weapons craftsman among the Astartes.

In terms of technical level, Fu Qinghai believes that he can be called a "casting master" long ago. When it comes to belief in the God of Machines, emmm... I can only say that everyone has different understandings of Ohm Messiah.

But different paths lead to the same goal!

Elijah Lavare said:

"Congratulations, Qingshan. I can tell you clearly that you are the only foundry master in the Fifth Legion. Your status is special."

Fu Qinghai beat the snake and put it on the stick:

"Then can I ask for an increase in the supply of gene seeds?"

Ilia Lavare: "..."

In the end, Ilia's answer to Fu Qinghai was: wait until the original body meeting is over before making a final decision.

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Fu Qinghai stayed in his captain's room every day, patiently waiting for the results of the meeting between the original bodies.

This kind of major event involving the empire's future military planning, this kind of earth-shaking change, is certainly not something that a small Astartes Captain can interrupt. Like other space warriors, he can make a statement after the results are announced. A bit of grumbling to express dissatisfaction, but for now, he just had to wait.

According to later information, Fu Qinghai knew that at least two Primarchs who attended the meeting clearly expressed their opposition to the "Code of Astartes" and firmly disagreed with the splitting of the Legion.

Leman Russ of the Space Wolves, the Sixth Legion persisted until the end and did not split up, but was renamed the "Space Wolves Chapter". However, in later generations, the Sons of Russ figured it out again and tried to form a sub-group - the Wolf Brothers Chapter. However, the gene seeds mutated seriously and had to be disbanded. The Wolf Spiral was indeed too special, and the Wolf Group never attempted to form a sub-group after that.

Rogal Dorn of the Imperial Fists and the 7th Legion was initially firmly opposed to splitting the Legion. It is said that he and the Ultramarines were at war with each other because of this, but in the end Dorn compromised. He felt that the Great Rebellion had done enough damage to the Empire. I'm sorry, I don't want to fall out with Robert Guilliman again because of this kind of thing.

On the contrary, Chagatai Khan did not express any objection to the second establishment of the army, and the White Scars successfully completed the division of the army.

There are traditional elements in it.

The fifth legion positioned as a scout has always been the most dispersed legion in the entire empire in the past. The Nayan Khans of each brotherhood have long been accustomed to leading troops alone in combat, without relying on the unified command of the Primarch. In fact, there is not much difference whether it is split or not. It is just a change of name.

There is no point in discussing the organization of a Space Marine Legion before the Codex Astartes is promulgated.

Each primarch builds the legion according to his own ideas. The "company" and "chapter" are common structures in later generations. In fact, strictly speaking, only the Ultramarines used them during the 30K period. It can be seen that Robert Guilliman was compiling the Saint When making a reference, you should first refer to your own legion.

As for other legions, the "Great Company" of the Space Wolves, the "Baton" of the Iron Warriors, the "Horde" of the White Scars, the "Clan" of the Iron Hands, the "School" of the Thousand Sons... it is difficult to describe these strange and weird things in detail. How many Space Marines are included under the name of the establishment? Even the more egregious ones like White Scar, which are also called "Brotherhood" or "Horde", contain very different numbers of people.

In the early years, the Ministry of Military Affairs hated White Scar deeply.

Before Ilya Lavare was transferred to the Fifth Legion, something like this often happened: the war situation in a certain sector was tense, and the Ultramarines called for support. When the Ministry of Military Affairs saw that there was a White Scar Company stationed in the next sector, they asked the White Scars to Supported in the past. When the results arrived, I found that the ammunition supplies I had prepared for a standard company were not enough at all, and the White Scars were overstaffed. Or maybe after being dispatched, it was discovered that the number of people in this White Scar Company was too small, and it was of little use in supporting the war zone.

Fu Qinghai himself is a member of the White Scars, and he sometimes has to admit that this is a somewhat casual army.

After the promulgation of the "Code of Astartes", the size, establishment, and personnel composition of the chapter were strictly defined. The Code not only stipulated that an Astartes chapter could only have a few think tanks and a few The pharmacist, a few technical sergeants, and even how the Astartes should fight and what tactics they should adopt when facing different situations are all clearly written.

As a reincarnation person who understands the future, Fu Qinghai knows that the promulgation of the Holy Code is inevitable and cannot be changed.

As a Space Marine with white scars, Fu Qinghai has to say: This "Code of Astartes" is bullshit!

Sun Wu, the famous military strategist in the Earth-0.5K era, said in his book "The Art of War: Virtual and Real Chapter":

"Soldiers have no permanent momentum, and water has no permanent shape."

"Those who can win due to changes in the enemy are called gods."

The White Scars are famous for their flexible strategies and tactics in their military operations. Military regulations that strictly adhere to certain combat methods, such as the Holy Code, are very characteristic of Warhammer 40K, and are exactly the same as the stereotypes and bad habits adhered to by the Mechanicum.

But Fu Qinghai knew that it was useless to object, not to mention his own objection, even the original body's objection was useless.

This is not only the personal will of Robert Guilliman, but also represents the collective will of all soldiers and civilians throughout the empire - to weaken the Astartes.

Don't let these guys rebel easily again.

Although Lord Thirteen was the regent chosen by the Emperor and Prime Minister on their deathbed, to convince the stubborn and conceited Primarch, the title of "Regent" alone was not enough.

After the Emperor got into the underground laboratory of the palace, Malcador was the first regent appointed by the Emperor. At that time, there was no "Council of High Lords", only the "Council of Terra". You see, the original bodies are not right yet. The person holding the seal was yelling, since when had he ever taken this "regent" seriously?

The wheel of history is rolling forward. The reason why the Second Army was successfully implemented is that it conforms to the general trend of the world after the Great Rebellion and also caters to the emperor's last wish - to let mortals dominate their own country. Not for the Astartes to rule over mortals.

Fu Qinghai believes that the significance of the second founding of the army does not lie in the number of Astartes Chapters that were split up - later generations will not be able to count the exact number. Rather, the era in which the Astartes were the main military force of the human empire was completely overturned.

The days when the Legion of Astartes was the commander-in-chief, with the Titan Legion, the Intelligent Control Legion, the Space Fleet, and the Mortal Auxiliary Army under its control were gone forever.

The Mortal Auxiliary Army was reorganized into the "Imperial Guard", and the Space Fleet was reorganized into the "Imperial Navy". These two became the main forces of the Human Empire in the future, while most Astartes Chapters were reduced to special forces and sharp knife troops.

The size of the Chapter limits the Astartes to cooperate with the Imperial Guard when fighting large-scale ground battles, or even only serve as an auxiliary force for the Imperial Guard.

The limitations of ship tonnage and functions-battle barges and strike cruisers-lead to the fact that the Astartes are basically unable to fight large-scale space naval battles, and can only be left to the Imperial Navy to fight.

Of course, if dozens of chapters are brought together, the above problems will no longer exist. However, there is only friendship between the sub-group and the parent group, and there is no superior-subordinate command relationship. Who can bring dozens of chapters together except Robert Guilliman? Is the war group unified under his own command?

Then again, on the other hand.

Rules are dead, but people are alive. There are policies from above and countermeasures from below. There are always people who find various ways to bypass the Holy Code and build their own war groups. Therefore, there is another saying in later generations: those who abide by the Holy Code are called " Holy Scripture Group".

The sub-groups of the Ultramarines are basically Codex Chapters.

Those who do not abide by the holy scriptures are called "all strong" (wrong).

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Fu Qinghai was wondering whether the Primarchs were engaging in fierce arguments and confrontations with each other in the Terra Palace, or whether they were engaging in sarcastic and sarcastic exchanges.

Sitting in the revolving seat and spinning around, Fu Qinghai's mind wandered and he couldn't help but think:

By the way, do the Primarchs curse when they quarrel?

If so, do they speak High Gothic or the dialect of their home planet?

At this time, the communicator vibrated and Fu Qinghai connected.

It was not Eugene, but Zhang Yuning. She said:

"Qingshan, there is a reincarnation who wants to see you."

"who?"

"He looks like an ordinary person."

"Is my dignified company commander someone that ordinary people can see whenever they want?"

"He said his father was a high lord."

"...bring it to the captain's room."

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Fu Qinghai made no secret of his scrutinizing gaze, looking up and down at the young man sitting in front of him.

The straight and elegant red dress, the high crown, pointed shoes, and the lower end of the dress are pointed and saw-toothed. The lustrous and vivid tones displayed by a fabric are in the same vein as the effect of stained glass in Gothic churches.

"You want to join my company?"

Fu Qinghai repeated this request again.

"Yes, Khan."

The young man nodded solemnly and said:

"I know that the selection process of Space Marines is rigorous, but I promise to complete the test you set for me!"

Fu Qinghai laughed dumbly.

Inexplicably, this was Fu Qinghai's first thought.

Why? This was Fu Qinghai's second thought.

It's not that Fu Qinghai has not considered recruiting troops in the Throne World. Anyway, the Shenji Brotherhood is not full yet, and there is no fixed recruiting world. Where recruiting is not recruiting, the Imperial Fist will use the Throne World as a recruiting world.

But he had never considered reincarnators as recruit candidates.

The reincarnator is in the Warhammer 40K universe today, and will be in other universes tomorrow. Even if the anchor of the world is abandoned, old man Hu Xian has already said that the anchor of the world can be exchanged for multiple, and the anchored world can be modified repeatedly, and it is not destined to death. of.

Spend my resources to transform you into a space warrior for free, train you and teach you for free, and then tomorrow you will go to other reincarnation worlds to be beautiful... What am I trying to do?

Kamil's technical investment coincided with Fu Qinghai's shortage of people. He also proved himself with superb medical technology and dropped the anchor of the world in the Warhammer 40K universe. But whether it is Camille or No. 56, Fu Qinghai has no plans to absorb them into the club for the time being, but just added them as friends.

Even if the identity of the reincarnator is not considered, Fu Qinghai cannot be impressed by his identity as the heir of a high lord. On the contrary, Fu Qinghai does not want to have anything to do with Terra's politics for the time being, and his future war group will not imitate the Tauren war group. , became a lackey of the High Lords Council.

"May I have your name?"

Fu Qinghai asked.

"Lin Yu, Shuangmulin, Yu of the Universe, Khan."

replied the young man.

His expression was full of expectation and his words were sincere.

"You said your father is the Minister of Justice. I asked around and found out that the current Minister of Justice is named Connery Weiss Bach. His surname is not Lin."

Fu Qinghai said.

Of course, the human empire has Chinese surnames, whether Terra or Chogris.

The largest Rogue Trader family in the Misty Star Territory originated from the "Macao Family" in Terra Asia. The patriarch is the famous Ms. Sun Li, with a standard Chinese surname.

But it can be seen from the name of the current Minister of Justice that he is obviously not from a powerful Asian family in Terra.

"This is my real name. The name given to me by the reincarnation world is 'Clifford Bach'."

The young man explained.

Although he had already labeled the young man in front of him as a "silly son of a landlord", Fu Qinghai couldn't help but ask:

"How did you know that I am also a reincarnator?"

Fu Qinghai thinks that he is not well-known in the empire.

"I accidentally saw your battle report on my dad's desk, Khan. 'Using psychic means similar to temporary star gates to sink an Emperor's Children's Underworld-class heavy cruiser.' I saw From this description, we know that it must be the magic of the world of reincarnation. No one in the Warhammer 40K universe has demonstrated similar psychic means."

Um! ?

Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes instantly.

The silly son of the landlord was quite knowledgeable, but he didn't feel like he had any real estate, so he opened his mouth and shook out the reasons.

But that wasn't what shocked Fu Qinghai.

But...

He didn't report the fleet's results to the Ministry of Military Affairs at all!

A light cruiser, sinking a heavy cruiser and another light cruiser sounds like a brilliant victory indeed.

But Fu Qinghai couldn't explain Chen Xinlu's existence at all.

This illegal psyker with a wanted record was once hunted down by the Planetary Garrison and the Black Ship Fleet. Who knows if she has ever been on the blacklist of the Ministry of Justice.

If Chen Xinlu is not mentioned, how can we explain the destruction of an Underworld-class heavy cruiser by an Enforcer-class system control cruiser? This makes no sense at all.

As for using the space station to ambush the Mandeville Point in advance, ramming and sinking the Thousand Sons Legion's Defiant-class light cruiser, that also involves the deal with the demon Slaanesh. I don't want to provoke the madmen of the Demon Tribunal. In the spirit of doing more, doing less is better. Fu Qinghai did not report the principle.

As long as you can earn assimilation points, as for military merit?

It’s never too late to make more money when you have the opportunity.

So the actual results reported by Fu Qinghai were as follows: he captured the STC in the feudal world, annihilated half of the Iron Warriors company, repelled the encirclement and suppression of the Orc fleet, and successfully completed the escort mission.

"Tsk..."

Fu Qinghai frowned and fell into deep thought.

The results of the battle that he did not report appeared on the desk of the high lord?

Why is there such a situation.

The reason is not hard to guess.

There are spies planted by Terra in the fleet!

Fu Qinghai suddenly regretted leaving No. 56 in the Schwerin Hive World.

If the intelligence chief was here at this moment, he might be able to screen out the second and fifth boys hiding in the fleet.

Fu Qinghai changed his perfunctory attitude before and suddenly felt that the silly son of the landlord still had some value. He asked in a deep voice:

"As the son of the Minister of Justice, you have a bright future. Why do you have to become a Space Marine?"

Lin Yu said:

"My father is only the spokesperson of the Ministry of Justice, not the emperor of the Ministry of Justice. What's more, he has more than fifty sons recognized by the family alone, plus more than a hundred daughters, not to mention illegitimate children."

Lin Yu shrugged:

"It was only because of a bottle of aged Moutai that I had assimilated from the previous reincarnation world that I made him get a little closer to me, and I got a chance to enter his study. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known these inside information."

Even so, Fu Qinghai still feels that the arrangement of the reincarnation world is very unfair. Why is it that I am an orphan from a remote colonial stronghold, and he is the son of the capital's minister of justice at the beginning?

Fu Qinghai expressed his opinion.

Lin Yu said:

"What does this mean? Have you ever been to the Marvel Universe? Some people are born with the X gene. As long as it is activated, they can become mutants. This is not much more awesome than the flashy son of a high lord. Who can you tell me about this? ?”

Fu Qinghai thought so.

The world of reincarnation has never said that it must follow some kind of fair mechanism. This is a game played by people, not people. The reincarnators are just living at the mercy of others.

Those players in the reincarnation forum who demand fairness and justice in the reincarnation world, how many of them have some serious brain problems, why do you come to the reincarnation world to find things that are not available in the real world?

The empire's twelve-member Council of High Lords does not represent the twelve most powerful nobles, but represents the spokespersons collectively selected by twelve large forces. For example, it is the same high-lord council as the "Minister of Justice" The "Navigator Ambassador" who is the permanent seat of the main council is not held by the most powerful Navigator family. Sometimes small families will take turns to take charge, acting as the spokesperson for all Navigator families in the empire.

In other words, Lin Yu's father is more of an official representative elected by the huge bureaucratic group of the Ministry of Justice. Of course, in terms of authority, he is also the first justice of the empire.

Regardless of the issue of fairness and unfairness, Fu Qinghai is now thinking about which department of the empire planted spies in his fleet? In other words, who is the real source of the information in Lin Yu's father's hands?

The current Ministry of Justice generally has jurisdiction over the interior of the planet, that is, local administrative criminal investigations. It should not be able to reach out to the naval fleet, and they do not have the power to enforce the law against Space Marines.

The Ministry of Justice in later generations was the frontline force against gene stealers and Chaos heretics in the empire. Not to mention the hive city bailiffs, they even had their own battleships.

Inquisition?

If it were the Inquisition, with what Fu Qinghai had done, how could the Inquisition still tolerate it until now? I have already brought people to kick down the door.

Court of Assassins?

It's possible that if it's the Assassin's Court, it's not in a hurry to carry out assassinations. The problem is that the enhanced assassins of the Assassin's Court are not wholesale cabbage on the street. How can He De, his little company commander, make the Assassin's Court pay attention to him?

Fu Qinghai looked at Lin Yu and said seriously:

"If I get the original copy of the information in your father's hands, or find out who provided the information to your father, I can consider absorbing you into the legion."

The silly son of the landlord obviously regarded this as Fu Qinghai's test for him, and said excitedly but rationally:

"Okay! But Khan, I am a powerless playboy. I am not a professional spy. You have to provide me with some help."

Fu Qinghai thought so, so he turned on the communicator:

"Chen Xinlu, come to the captain's room."

Sister Bingshan quickly came to the captain's room.

Fu Qinghai felt like she had dressed up deliberately.

Fu Qinghai didn't think much and said to her seriously:

"Can Muggles use the retractable ears and speculum you obtained from J.K. Rowling's universe?"

Chen Xinlu replied:

"The retractable ears will work, but the speculum won't."

"Lend me those telescopic ears."

Chen Xinlu hesitated for a moment, then honestly took out the magic item from his pocket and handed it to Fu Qinghai.

Fu Qinghai handed it over to Lin Yu and said:

"I hope to get the results before the end of the Primarch meeting."

Lin Yu took the telescopic ear, his face flushed with excitement, and said:

"Promise to complete the mission!"

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